How to check your Mac for Rootkits

While there are very few viruses that affect OS X, there are a number of rootkits that can compromise the security of your Mac. This tutorial will guide you through using OS X Rootkit Hunter to check your Mac for any rootkit related problems. Read more

uTorrent for Mac Beta now available

That’s right, one of the most popular Windows bittorrent clients is now available for OS X. Head over to the uTorrent for Mac beta site and give it a download.

Right now it’s for Leopard and Intel machines only, and the usual “it’s beta, so there may be bugs” disclaimer applies.

Microsoft introduces Live Mesh for Mac

Microsoft has recently introduced Live Mesh for Mac. For those of you not familiar w/ the Microsoft Live Mesh product, here’s how MS describes it: Read more

How to automatically pause iTunes when you unplug your headphones

Using the very neat (and open source/free) software Breakaway, each time you unplug your headphones from your Mac, iTunes will pause. When you plug them back in, iTunes resumes playing. Read more

4 ways to recover disk space and keep your Mac hard drive tidy

This tutorial/overview will show you 4 ways to reclaim “wasted” hard drive space on your Mac, and keep your disk a bit more tidy by deleting unnecessary files and folders. Read more

OpenArena 0.8.1 released

OpenArena, the cross-platform (and free) first person shooter, has recently updated to version 0.8.1. Read more

Apple and I agree, say No to Prop 8

Switching To Mac will remain, by and large, a political-free site. But there comes a time when I feel the need to speak out and support certain efforts. Voting No on Prop 8 is one of them. Read more

Gabtastik: An OS X Facebook client

Yeah, I’m a bit of a Facebook junkie. I think it’s a fantastic way to keep in touch with friends that live far away, or people you haven’t seen since grade school. Though I’m not a huge fan of the “chat” feature, if you are, Gabtastic is for you. Read more